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@attra tstts @anni @ffice- ISIDORO ZAMBONI, OFST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNORATO HIMSELF, PETER ZOPII, AND JOHN RUEDY, OF SAME PLAGE.

Letters Patent No. 75,233, dated March 3, '1868.

IMPROVED BOTTLE-STOPPER.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, ISIDORO ZAMBONI, of St. Louis, in the county of St. Louis, and State of Missouri, have made certain new and useful Improvements in'Stopples for Bottles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and ,clear-'description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon. i

This invention relates tO an improvement in stopples for bottles for containing such liquids' as soda-water, Seltzer-water, or other eifervescing liquids, that by their volatile and gaseous nature require a stopple firmly secured to the necleof the bottle for thepurpo'se Of keeping it in position'.

The invention consists in producing a metallic cap-piece, hinged to the neck of the bottle, and provided with alocking-clamp for securing the other side of the cap to the bottle. A rubber packing is to be fitted into an annular groove in the cap, and arranged 'to' shut down tightly to the top end ofthe neck of the bottle, so as to maken. perfectly air-tightjont between the parts. '.Ihecap may bc used with or without a central aperture for filling the bottle, but if the aperture be used, it is to be provided with a globe-valve for closing it against the escape of the contents of the bottle through that passage.

To enable those skilled inthe art to 'makc aud use myimproved stopple, I will proceed to describe its` construction and operation.-

Figure 1 of; the drawings is a perspective elevation of a bottle fitted with one of the improved stopples.

Figure 2I is a. sideeleuation of the same.

Figure 3 is a sectional elevation of'the neck of the bottle and tno stopple4 l Figure 4 is a bottom planof the stopple. or cap.

The bottle A has a metallic band, B, around its neck, to which is secured, by means of the hinge c, the cp'or stopple C. A locking-clamp, c, is secured to the band B on the opposite side of the neck from the hinge c, and extends up above the pin c2, which projects from the sido of the saidcap, and overlaps the same, so as to hold it or lock it down to the bottle. The piece c3 is jointed to the top end of the piece el, and falls down over the pin.c2, as is clearly shown in fig. 2, so as to hold the cap down firmly to the bottle, and prevent the clamp c from becoming detached from its pin. The pieces c1 and c3 should be jointed together so as to cause them to have a spring a little laterally, in order to allow them to overlap, as shown in fig. 2. This springing ofthe pieces will cause them tO remain in their proper locking position when the bottle is closed, though it be subjected to severe jarring, incident to transportation.

When the cap is to be opened, the piece c3 is to be thrown up into the positionvshown bythe dotted lines in g. 2, and then the clamp e1 may be pushed back of of the pin c2, so as to allow the cap to be opened, the connection between the said clamp and band B being such as tO allow the top end of the clamp to be moved far enough sideways to disengage it from the pin c2. An annular groove in the bottom of the cap C shuts down over the top end of the neck of the bottle, and into this groove a packing, c4, of India rubber, or other suitable substance, is placed, and by means of this packing a perfectly air-tight joint is formed between the cap and the bottle.

In filling the bottle with some kinds of eifervcscing liquids, it may be desirable to close the cap irst, and fill the bottle through an opening in it. For this purpose the cap C may be provided with a central Orifice, D, through which to ll it.' At the' bottom end o f this orifice will be a small bell-valve, cl, which will be capable of being forced down from without, so as to allow iiuids to enter around it, but when the bottle is full, and the externalpressure removed, the bell will be forced by the confined gases up tightly to its seat.

Having described my invention, what I claim is The cap C,\when provided with a packing-surface, c, and combined with the bottle' A by means of the hinge c, and latch el cica, substantially -in the manner shown and described.

ISIDORO ZAMBONI.

Witnesses:

M. RANDOLPH, R. SIEMON, H. PAOLI. 

